Valentine’s Day Gift Selection

Description

This Valentine’s day indulge your loved one, or yourself, with three world class books each written to be read in one sitting and luxury gift surprises. This special selection has been put together to create the perfect relaxation experience – all wrapped up in a bow!

Our Valentine’s gift selection includes an internationally acclaimed Polish bestseller, a French homage to the art of reading and a Russian novel of letters from the last century. Your gift recipient will also receive a delicious Hotel Chocolat raspberry and white chocolate heart, a relaxing Sanctuary Spa face mask and Paradise Tropical Fruits baths salts. We have also included our own book heart postcard which can be personalised with your Valentines message.

About the Books

Peirene No. 12 Chasing the King of Hearts

A remarkable true story of love and survival. The year is 1942 in the Warsaw Ghetto. When Izolda’s husband, Shayek, is imprisoned, she sets out to release him. Eventually she is captured and deported to Auschwitz. But even there, she trusts that her love will save them both.

A French celebration of the union of sensuality and language. Marie-Constance loves reading and possesses and attractive voice. One day she decides to put an ad in the local paper offering her services as a paid reader. Her first client, a paralysed teenager, is transformed by her reading and soon the rich and famous clamour for her services.

This book unfolds in letters at the turn of the 20th century in Russia. After student unrest, as the governor of St Petersburg closes the state university. His worried wife hires a strapping bodyguard, Lju, to the excitement of their grownup children. Little do they know that Lju sides with the students who are plotting an assassination.

Written by Ricarda Huch.Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch.

East and West series120pp, paperback with flaps, £12ISBN 978-1-908670-34-2eISBN 978-1-908670-35-9

For allergens including cereals containing gluten see ingredients. May contain traces of nuts, peanuts, gluten, wheat.

Sanctuary Spa 5 Minute Moisture Boost Mask

Sweep the lusciously nourishing mask over clean, dry skin, smoothing it into face & neck. Leave for 5 minutes & then rinse or tissue off. For an extra nourishing treat, try leaving the mask on overnight & rinsing off when you wake. Use 1-2 times per week.